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The Vanguard 15 is an American planing sailing dinghy that was designed by Bob Ames as a one-design racer and first built in 1992.
Production
The design was built by Team Vanguard in the United States and later by LaserPerformance, but is no longer in production.
Design
The Vanguard 15 is a recreational sailboat, bui... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanguard%2015 |
St. Mary's Bay is a sand and shingle beach located near the fishing town of Brixham, Devon, England. It was originally called Mudstone Bay because of the local mudstone bedrock of the cliffs. It has footpath access from a car park and can be reached as a detour from a walk along the coast path. There is a viewpoint on ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St.%20Mary%27s%20Bay%2C%20Devon |
The Golden Globe Award for Best Documentary Film is a Golden Globe Award that was introduced for the 11th Golden Globe Awards, followed by the 30th Golden Globe Awards before discontinuation after the 34th Golden Globe Awards. The award was first given to A Queen is Crowned (1953), which details the Coronation of Queen... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden%20Globe%20Award%20for%20Best%20Documentary%20Film |
John Joseph Lipon (November 10, 1922 – August 17, 1998) was an American Major League Baseball shortstop for the Detroit Tigers, Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Browns and Cincinnati Redlegs over the course of nine seasons (1942; 1946; 1948–1954). The native of Martins Ferry, Ohio, threw and batted right-handed, stood tall a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny%20Lipon |
The Zetland is the oldest surviving lifeboat in the world. It is currently in a free museum in Redcar, England. The name Zetland comes from the local Lord of Manor, the Marquess of Zetland. The Zetland is on the National Register of Historic Ships, as part of the National Historic Fleet.
The lifeboat was stationed at ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zetland%20%28lifeboat%29 |
Legend (formerly Horror Channel, and Zone Horror) is a British free-to-air television channel specialising in sci-fi, fantasy, thriller, action and cult series. It is broadcast in the UK and Ireland. The channel is known for its horror movies during the evenings and early hours with its schedule featuring in the Films ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legend%20%28television%20channel%29 |
Samandar may refer to:
Samandar (city), a city in Khazaria on the western edge of the Caspian Sea, south of Atil and north of the Caucasus
Samandar, Iran, a village in Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran
Samandar, Afghanistan, a settlement in Maidan Wardak Province, Afghanistan (34, 21, 0,N, 68, 35, 0,E)
Kázim-i-Samand... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samandar |
John Jenkins (born June 20, 1952) is an American football coach and former player. He served as the head football coach the University of Houston from 1990 to 1992, compiling a record of 18–15. A proponent of the run and shoot offense, Jenkins also coached professional football in the United States Football League (U... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Jenkins%20%28American%20football%20coach%29 |
S͟hayk͟h Káẓim-i-Samandar (; died 1918), known as Samandar, was an eminent follower of Baháʼu'lláh, the founder of the Baháʼí Faith. He was born to a prominent Baháʼí family of Qazvin of Bábí and Shaykhi background. Favored by Baháʼu'lláh, he was identified as one of his nineteen Apostles.
Early life
Samandar was b... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A1zim-i-Samandar |
Edward Fortescue Warrington Ellis, Sr. (April 15, 1819 – April 6, 1862) was a politician, lawyer and American Civil War officer who died while leading his unit on the first day of the Battle of Shiloh. He was a representative in the state of California Legislature, and a Freemason, having served as Worshipfull Master o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward%20F.%20W.%20Ellis |
Becontree Heath (also spelt Beacontree Heath) is an open space in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. The name has also been applied to the local area, in particular to the RM8 postal district.
History
Becontree Heath functioned as the ancient meeting place for Becontree hundred, which covered much of what is ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Becontree%20Heath |
Electron User was a magazine targeted at owners of the Acorn Electron microcomputer. It was published by Database Publications of Stockport, starting in October 1983 and ending after 82 issues in July 1990.
Initially it was included as a 16-page pullout supplement to The Micro User but after four such editions it beca... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electron%20User |
William Duff may refer to:
William Duff, 1st Earl Fife (1696–1763), Scottish peer
William Duff (cricketer) (1890–1953), South African soldier and cricketer
William Duff (writer) (1732–1815), historically influential Scottish writer on genius and creativity
William E. Duff, author
William J. Duff (1856–1922), Amer... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Duff |
Mattel Inc v 3894207 Canada Inc is a leading decision of the Supreme Court of Canada on the infringement of famous trade-mark names. The Court found that Mattel Inc. could not enforce the use of their trade-marked name "BARBIE" against a restaurant named "Barbie's".
Background
Barbie's restaurant, a Montreal chain of... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattel%20Inc%20v%203894207%20Canada%20Inc |
The Black Waltz is the fourth full-length studio album by the Finnish melodic death metal band Kalmah and their first with keyboard player Marco Sneck. This album has them gravitating more towards thrash metal, which has often been cited as the Kokko brothers' primary musical influence. The vocals have changed to lower... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Black%20Waltz |
Babalon (also known as the Scarlet Woman, Great Mother or Mother of Abominations) is a goddess found in the occult system of Thelema, which was established in 1904 with the writing of The Book of the Law by English author and occultist Aleister Crowley. The spelling of the name as "Babalon" was revealed to Crowley in... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babalon |
Harestua is a town in Lunner kommune, Viken county, Norway. It has 2318 inhabitants. Harestua is located 46 kilometeres north of Oslo, and functions as a commuter town to the capital. It is served by Harestua Station on the Gjøvik Line.
Harestua maintains 6 neighbourhoods; Gamlefeltet, Nyfeltet, Vestbygda, Bjørgesete... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harestua |
Seleucia-on-the-Hedyphon (, also transliterated as Seleuceia, Seleukeia; formerly Soloke or Soloce, Sodome, and Sele, also Surak) was an ancient city on the Hedyphon (now called the Karkheh River) in Susa (earlier Elam), east of Mesopotamia, currently the site of Ja Nishin, Khuzestan province, Iran.
References
Extern... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seleucia-on-the-Hedyphon |
David Garcia (September 15, 1920 – May 21, 2018) was an American coach, scout and manager in Major League Baseball who spent over 65 years in professional baseball. He served as manager of the California Angels (1977–78) and Cleveland Indians (1979–82). Including three games as acting manager of the 1975 Indians, durin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave%20Garcia |
The American Red Cross (ARC), also known as the American National Red Cross, is a nonprofit humanitarian organization that provides emergency assistance, disaster relief, and disaster preparedness education in the United States. It is the designated US affiliate of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Cres... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American%20Red%20Cross |
Goggle eye or goggle-eye may refer to:
Common wood-nymph (Cercyonis pegala), a butterfly
Priacanthus blochii, a marine fish also known as Bloch's bigeye, blotched bigeye, paeony bulleye, and other names
Priacanthus hamrur, a marine fish also known as the lunar-tailed bigeye or moontail bullseye
Rock bass (Ambloplites ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goggle%20eye |
The yellow moray (Gymnothorax prasinus) is a moray eel of the genus Gymnothorax, found in southern Australia and between North Cape and the Māhia Peninsula on the North Island of New Zealand.
References
Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, A... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow%20moray |
Karen Ritscher is an American violist and academic.
She is on the faculties of the Manhattan School of Music, New York University and Boston University. She has performed and taught in the United States, Asia and Europe. She is a certified 5Rhythms® Movement teacher, she has led workshops and clinics, often combining ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen%20Ritscher |
The sexually dimorphic nucleus (SDN) is an ovoid, densely packed cluster of large cells located in the medial preoptic area (POA) of the hypothalamus which is believed to be related to sexual behavior in animals. Thus far, for all species of mammals investigated, the SDN has been repeatedly found to be considerably lar... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexually%20dimorphic%20nucleus |
A World Without Dave is an EP by Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine. It was the group's only EP release of original material and was their first release after signing for Cooking Vinyl in 1997.
A World Without Dave was released as an EP to reduce the retail price compared to a full-length album, with the intention of ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%20World%20Without%20Dave |
The Beaver Bridge is a rail bridge spanning the Ohio River between Monaca and Beaver, Pennsylvania. It consists of two spans: a southern cantilever through truss of with anchor arms; and a northern camelback through truss of . The bridge currently carries two tracks of CSX Transportation.
The bridge was designed by ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaver%20Bridge%20%28Ohio%20River%29 |
Shado is a fictional archer published by DC Comics. She first appeared in Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters #1 (August 1987), and was created by Mike Grell. Shado is notable for being an antagonist and a love interest to Green Arrow in DC comic books, and is distinguished from other recurring characters by being both hi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shado%20%28comics%29 |
YAB or yab may refer to:
Arctic Bay Airport
Yamaguchi Asahi Broadcasting, A television station in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
Yann Arthus-Bertrand (b. 1946), a French photographer | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YAB |
This is a list of people who have served as
Maj. Samuel Longbotham 13 April 1975 – 1983
Granville Leveson-Gower, 5th Earl Granville 14 April 1983 to 7 December 1993
John Morrison, 2nd Viscount Dunrossil 7 December 1993 – 22 March 2000
Alexander Matheson 27 April 2001 – 16 November 2016
Donald Martin 20 December ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord%20Lieutenant%20of%20the%20Western%20Isles |
Roy "Wrong Way" Riegels (April 4, 1908 – March 26, 1993) played for the University of California, Berkeley football team from 1927 to 1929. His wrong-way run in the 1929 Rose Bowl is often cited as the worst blunder in the history of college football. That one play overshadowed Riegels' football talents, since he earne... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy%20Riegels |
The ME Four-Twelve is an American high-performance concept car that was engineered, developed and produced by Chrysler in 2004. The name is a combination of the Mid-Engine with Four turbochargers on a Twelve cylinder engine.
Background
There were two ME Four-Twelve vehicles produced. The first was an auto show version... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysler%20ME%20Four-Twelve |
Canada (House of Commons) v Vaid, [2005] 1 S.C.R. 667, 2005 SCC 30 is the leading decision of the Supreme Court of Canada on parliamentary privilege. The court developed a test for determining when a claim of parliamentary privilege can protect a legislative body or its members from legal scrutiny. Besides the partie... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada%20%28House%20of%20Commons%29%20v%20Vaid |
Pelham Humfrey (Humphrey, Humphrys) (1647 in London – 14 July 1674 in Windsor) was an English composer. He was the first of the new generation of English composers at the beginning of the Restoration to rise to prominence.
Life and career
Pelham Humfrey was born in 1647. By the age of seventeen Humfrey's anthems were ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelham%20Humfrey |
Cape Columbia is the northernmost point of land of Canada, located on Ellesmere Island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut. It marks the westernmost coastal point of Lincoln Sea in the Arctic Ocean. It is the world's northernmost point of land outside Greenland. The distance to the North Pole is .
As the northernmost... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape%20Columbia |
David George Arkin (December 24, 1941 – January 14, 1991) was an American actor, known for his numerous supporting appearances in the films of Robert Altman. These roles were part of Altman's frequent ensemble and included Staff Sergeant Vollmer in M*A*S*H (where he also wrote and voiced the PA announcements), Harry in... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Arkin |
Sir Rogério Hyndman Lobo, CBE, JP (15 September 1923 – 18 April 2015), generally known as Roger Lobo, was a British Hong Kong businessman, philanthropist and politician.
He was a member of the Urban Council, Executive Council and Legislative Council. He was famous for his Lobo Motion in Legislative Council of Hong Kon... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger%20Lobo |
The Scitovsky paradox is a paradox in welfare economics which is resolved by stating that there is no increase in social welfare by a return to the original part of the losers. It is named after the Hungarian born American economist, Tibor Scitovsky.
According to Scitovsky, Kaldor-Hicks criterion involves contradictor... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scitovsky%20paradox |
Rogério Lobo is the name of:
Roger Lobo (Rogério Hyndman Lobo, 1923–2015), Macanese businessman, philanthropist and politician in Hong Kong
Rogério Lobo (boxer) (1971–2006), Brazilian cruiserweight boxer | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rog%C3%A9rio%20Lobo |
A taxonomic system, the Bentham & Hooker system for seed plants, was published in Bentham and Hooker's Genera plantarum ad exemplaria imprimis in herbariis kewensibus servata definita in three volumes between 1862 and 1883.
George Bentham (1800–1884) and Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817–1911) were British botanists who were... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bentham%20%26%20Hooker%20system |
The Film Fest New Haven (FFNH) is an annual film festival held in New Haven, Connecticut, United States, home of Yale University. Also sometimes known as the New Haven Film Fest, it is a non-profit organisation that was founded in 1995. This independent film festival features premieres and screenings of films made by f... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film%20Fest%20New%20Haven |
Attica was a brand name of vehicles produced by Bioplastic S.A., a company (originally involved in fiberglass panel manufacture, later expanding into fiberglass boat manufacture) created in Moschato, Athens by Georgios Dimitriadis, a figure in Greek automotive history.
Mr. Dimitriadis had designed and built a light f... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attica%20%28automobiles%29 |
Dana Tyler (born November 24, 1958) is a news anchor and reporter at WCBS-TV in New York City, where she anchors the station's 6 PM newscast. In addition, Tyler hosts Eye on New York, a half-hour weekly community affairs program for WCBS, as well as several annual local specials: CBS 2 at Tonys, CBS 2 at the Met and Tu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dana%20Tyler |
Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World is a 1998 American direct-to-video animated musical adventure film and the sequel to the 1995 Disney film Pocahontas. While the first film dealt with her meeting with John Smith and the arrival of the British settlers in Jamestown, the sequel focuses on Pocahontas's journey to Engl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocahontas%20II%3A%20Journey%20to%20a%20New%20World |
The K League Federation launched other league cups in addition to the Adidas Cup from 1997 to 2000.
Finals
Awards
Top goalscorer
Source:
Top assist provider
Source:
See also
Korean League Cup
Adidas Cup
Samsung Hauzen Cup
References
External links
Official website
Korean League Cup | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean%20League%20Cup%20%28Supplementary%20Cup%29 |
The North Grand Island Bridge is a pair of twin two-lane truss arch bridges spanning the Niagara River between Grand Island and Niagara Falls in New York, United States. Each bridge carries one direction of Interstate 190 (I-190). Both crossings are operated by the New York State Thruway Authority as part of the Niagar... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North%20Grand%20Island%20Bridge |
(13 February 1848 – 30 July 1918) was a Prussian officer, later during World War I. He was a recipient of with Oak Leaves, one of the highest orders of merit in the Kingdom of Prussia and, subsequently, Imperial Germany. While serving as the military governor of Ukraine during the Russian Civil War, Eichhorn was assa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann%20von%20Eichhorn |
The South Grand Island Bridge is a pair of twin two-lane truss arch bridges spanning the Niagara River between Tonawanda and Grand Island in New York, United States. Each bridge carries one direction of Interstate 190 (I-190) and New York State Route 324 (NY 324). Both crossings are operated by the New York State Thruw... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South%20Grand%20Island%20Bridge |
Bellmore–Merrick Central High School District is the central high school district of the Long Island hamlets of Bellmore, North Bellmore, Merrick, and North Merrick, New York. More than 5000 students, grades 7-12, attend the Bellmore–Merrick secondary schools. There are three high schools (grades 9-12) and two (previo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellmore%E2%80%93Merrick%20Central%20High%20School%20District |
The Canon EOS 30/33 (also known as the EOS Elan 7e/7) is a single-lens reflex film camera from Canon's EOS series, released in October 2000. This camera is sold in Japan under the name EOS 7. The EOS 30/ELAN 7E has eye controlled focusing while the EOS 33/ELAN 7 does not. Otherwise the two cameras are identical. It was... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon%20EOS%2030 |
The Spangenhelm, or segmented helmet, was a popular medieval European combat helmet design of Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages. They are often contrasted with Eastern lamellar helmets.
Construction
The name Spangenhelm is of German origin. Spangen refers to the metal strips that form the framework for the he... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spangenhelm |
At the 1976 Summer Olympics, fourteen different artistic gymnastics events were contested, eight for men and six for women. All events were held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal from July 18 through 23.
For the first time in Olympic competition, countries were limited to having three gymnasts in the all-around compe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gymnastics%20at%20the%201976%20Summer%20Olympics |
Sele may refer to:
Places
Africa
Sele, Burkina Faso, a village in the Ouéleni Department of Burkina Fase.
Sele, Ethiopia, a town in Agbe municipality
Asia
Sele, Turkey, a Turkish village in Kailar in Ottoman times
Şələ, Azerbaijan
Seleucia (Susiana), an ancient city now in Iran formerly called Sele
Europe
Sele Mil... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sele |
Tibor de Scitovsky, also known as Tibor Scitovsky (November 3, 1910 – June 1, 2002), was a Hungarian born, American economist who was best known for his writing on the nature of people's happiness in relation to consumption. He was associate professor and professor of economics at Stanford University from 1946 through ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibor%20Scitovsky |
Bec & Kawl is a comic strip appearing in the British anthology 2000 AD, written by Simon Spurrier and drawn by Steve Roberts. The stories combine elements of horror and the supernatural (with the occasional alien) with a large dose of humour which has received a mixed reaction from readers.
Characters
Becky Miller (B... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bec%20%26%20Kawl |
K L Deemed to be University, formerly Koneru Lakshmaiah College of Engineering (KLCE) and Koneru Lakshmaiah University, is a higher educational institution Deemed to be University, located in Vaddeswaram, Mangalagiri, Andhra Pradesh, India. Established in 1980 as a college of engineering, it consists of eight schools, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KL%20University |
Jean Ferrat (born Jean Tenenbaum; 26 December 1930 – 13 March 2010) was a French singer-songwriter and poet. He specialized in singing poetry, particularly that of Louis Aragon. He had a left-wing sympathy that found its way into a few songs.
Biography
Ferrat was born in Vaucresson, Hauts-de-Seine, the youngest of fou... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean%20Ferrat |
The Dam Busters is a combat flight simulator set in World War II, published by U.S. Gold in 1984. It is loosely based on the real life Operation Chastise and the 1955 film. The game was released in 1984 for the ColecoVision and Commodore 64; in 1985 for Apple II, DOS, MSX and ZX Spectrum; then in 1986 for the Amstrad C... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Dam%20Busters%20%28video%20game%29 |
The deputy secretary of the Interior, in the United States government, advises and assists the secretary of the interior in the supervision and direction of the Department of the Interior and its activities, and succeeds the secretary in his or her absence, sickness, or unavailability. The deputy secretary of the inter... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United%20States%20Deputy%20Secretary%20of%20the%20Interior |
iPrint is a print server developed by Novell, now owned by Micro Focus. iPrint enabled users to install a device driver for a printer directly from a web browser, and to submit print jobs over a computer network. It could process print jobs routed through the internet using the Internet Printing Protocol (IPP).
The iP... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPrint |
Go Off! is the second and final studio album by heavy metal band Cacophony, released in 1988 through Shrapnel Records. About two years after the album's release, guitarist Jason Becker was diagnosed with ALS, which eventually led to his near-total paralysis. Also two years later, guitarist Marty Friedman joined the ban... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go%20Off%21 |
Michael Dennis Ferraro (born August 18, 1944) is an American former Major League Baseball third baseman. He played for the New York Yankees (; ) and the Seattle Pilots/Milwaukee Brewers (; ). Ferraro threw and batted right-handed, stood tall and weighed .
Early life and amateur career
Ferraro attended Kingston High S... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike%20Ferraro |
The following is a list of endangered species inhabiting Vietnam.
Annam chorus frog (Microhyla annamensis)
The Annam chorus frog is an endangered frog native to Vietnam, a frog in the family Microhylidae found in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Banded eagle ray (Aetomylaeus nichofii)
Banded eagle rays are wi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20endangered%20species%20in%20Vietnam |
Route 88 was a state highway located entirely within the city limits of Springfield. Its western terminus was at Sunshine Street (formerly US 60/US 160, now designated as Route 413). Its eastern terminus was at Glenstone Avenue (Business Loop 44 and also formerly designated as US 65 Business). It was a collection of o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri%20Route%2088 |
Drygarn Fawr is a mountain in the county of Powys, Wales. It is one of the highest summits in Mid Wales at above sea level. It lies to the south of the Elan Valley Reservoirs. Rising above the remote moorland plateau of the Cambrian Mountains, and to the west of the peaks of Radnor Forest, the summit is topped by two ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drygarn%20Fawr |
de Finetti usually refers to the Italian statistician Bruno de Finetti, noted for the "operational subjective" conception of probability. His works include:
de Finetti's theorem, which explains why exchangeable observations are conditionally independent given some (usually) unobservable quantity
de Finetti diagram, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De%20Finetti |
The Journal of Economic Literature is a peer-reviewed academic journal, published by the American Economic Association, that surveys the academic literature in economics. It was established in 1963 as the Journal of Economic Abstracts, and is currently one of the highest ranked journals in economics. As a review journa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journal%20of%20Economic%20Literature |
Thinkabout, "a cooperative project for acquiring skills essential to learning", is an instructional program for children, produced in 1979 by the Agency for Instructional Television, in association with various contributing television stations in the United States and Canada. It was distributed to PBS and educational ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thinkabout%20%28American%20TV%20series%29 |
The Rural Municipality of Marquis No. 191 (2016 population: ) is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within Census Division No. 7 and Division No. 2. It is located in the south-central portion of the province.
History
The RM of Marquis No. 191 incorporated as a rural municipality on De... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural%20Municipality%20of%20Marquis%20No.%20191 |
2-Ethylhexyl salicylate, or octyl salicylate, is an organic compound used as an ingredient in sunscreens and cosmetics to absorb UVB (ultraviolet) rays from the sun. It is an ester formed by the condensation of salicylic acid with 2-ethylhexanol. It is a colorless oily liquid with a slight floral odor.
The salicylate... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2-Ethylhexyl%20salicylate |
Almost Human is the second studio album by Cuban American dark cabaret singer Voltaire, released on August 1, 2000, through Projekt Records.
According to Voltaire on his official website, the album is intended to convey a "look at life from the perspective of Lucifer"; thus being, most of the album's tracks deal with ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almost%20Human%20%28Voltaire%20album%29 |
DIM Motor Company, a Greek automobile maker, was created by Georgios Dimitriadis as a successor to his earlier company, Bioplastic S.A., which had produced the Attica automobile. The DIM represented one more effort by Mr. Dimitriadis to design and develop a modern car entirely by his company's own means. A 400cc, air-c... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DIM%20%28automobiles%29 |
The Journal of Economic Perspectives (JEP) is an economic journal published by the American Economic Association. The journal was established in 1987. The JEP was founded by Joseph Stiglitz, Carl Shapiro, and Timothy Taylor.
It is oriented around the twin goals of "providing perspective on current economic research, a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journal%20of%20Economic%20Perspectives |
The Philosophical Review is a quarterly journal of philosophy edited by the faculty of the Sage School of Philosophy at Cornell University and published by Duke University Press (since September 2006).
Overview
The journal publishes original work in all areas of analytic philosophy, but emphasizes material that is of ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Philosophical%20Review |
CFRO-FM, licensed and owned by Vancouver Co-operative Radio, is a non-commercial community radio station in Vancouver, British Columbia. It is a legally registered co-operative and is branded as Co-op Radio. The station broadcasts on 100.5 MHz FM and have studios and offices on Columbia Street off Hastings Street. in V... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CFRO-FM |
The Brabham BT46 is a Formula One racing car designed by Gordon Murray for the Brabham team, owned by Bernie Ecclestone, for the 1978 Formula One season. The car featured several radical design elements, one of which was the use of flat panel heat exchangers on the bodywork of the car to replace conventional water and ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brabham%20BT46 |
Diomedes Maturan (August 16, 1940 – April 7, 2002) (tagged the "Perry Como of the Philippines" and "The Golden Voice") was an actor who played in Botika sa Baryo (1960) and a grand champion in Tawag ng Tanghalan.
Early life
Diomedes was born in Bacolod City, Negros Occidental Province.
Career
He rose to fame by winni... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diomedes%20Maturan |
The 1938 soil taxonomy divided soils into three orders dependent on dominant soil forming factors.
Intrazonal soils
Intrazonal soils have more or less well-defined soil profile characteristics that reflect the dominant influence of some resident factor of relief or parent material over the classic zonal effects of cl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1938%20USDA%20soil%20taxonomy |
Seleucia (, also transliterated as Seleuceia, Seleukeia, Seleukheia; formerly Coche or Mahoza, also Veh Ardashir) was an ancient city near the Euphrates river and across the Tigris from the better-known Seleucia on the Tigris, in Sittacene, Mesopotamia. The editors of the Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World p... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seleucia%20%28Sittacene%29 |
Candidacy is a rite which takes place during Roman Catholic seminary formation, by which the Church recognizes the seminarian as worthy of being ordained (hence, they become a "candidate" for ordination to the priesthood). With the liturgical reforms of Pope Paul VI this rite took the place of Tonsure. Permanent deacon... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candidacy |
The Canon EOS 300 (EOS Kiss III in Japan, EOS Rebel 2000 in North America)
is a consumer-level 35mm single-lens reflex camera, produced by Canon of Japan from April 1999 until September 2002 as part of their EOS system.
Designed under the supervision of Yasuhiro Morishita, the camera was intended as a replacement for t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon%20EOS%20300 |
Roger Hall Gordon (born September 14, 1949) is an American economist whose research deals primarily with taxation. He graduated from Harvard in 1972 and received a PhD in economics from MIT in 1976. In 1984, he moved to the University of Michigan, first as an associate professor, then professor, and later as the Reuben... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger%20H.%20Gordon |
The Boy's Own Paper was a British story paper aimed at young and teenage boys, published from 1879 to 1967.
Publishing history
The idea for the publication was first raised in 1878 by the Religious Tract Society, as a means to encourage younger children to read and to instill Christian morals during their formative ye... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Boy%27s%20Own%20Paper |
Histogram equalization is a method in image processing of contrast adjustment using the image's histogram.
Overview
This method usually increases the global contrast of many images, especially when the image is represented by a narrow range of intensity values. Through this adjustment, the intensities can be better di... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histogram%20equalization |
Howard Rodney "Doc" Edwards (December 10, 1936 – August 20, 2018), was an American professional baseball catcher, manager, and coach, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the Cleveland Indians, Kansas City Athletics, New York Yankees, and Philadelphia Phillies, over parts of five seasons, spanning nine years.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doc%20Edwards |
Club Monaco is a Canadian-founded luxury casual clothing retailer owned by Regent, L.P. With more than 140 locations worldwide, the retailer has locations in the United States, Canada, Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, South Korea, Mainland China, the United Arab Emirates, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Club%20Monaco |
The Devil's Bris is the debut album by the dark cabaret/dark wave artist Voltaire. It was released in 1998 by Projekt Records. The album's title is derived from the figure of the devil and the Jewish circumcision ritual, the bris milah.
The tracks "Ex-Lover's Lover" and "When You're Evil" also appear on Voltaire's gre... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Devil%27s%20Bris |
Scimitar, Simitar or Symitar may refer to:
Scimitar, a backsword or sabre with a curved blade, originating in the Middle East
Simitar Entertainment, a former entertainment company, founded 1985, bankrupt and defunct in 2000
Symitar, a business unit of Jack Henry & Associates | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symitar |
Toy blocks (also building bricks, building blocks, or simply blocks) are wooden, plastic, or foam pieces of various shapes (cube, cylinder, arch etc.) and colors that are used as construction toys. Sometimes, toy blocks depict letters of the alphabet.
History
There are mentions of blocks or "dice" with letters inscri... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toy%20block |
A gambang, properly called a gambang kayu ('wooden gambang') is a xylophone-like instrument used in Indonesian gamelan and kulintang ensembles. It has wooden bars (wilah) in contrast to the metallic ones of the more typical metallophones in a gamelan. A largely obsolete instrument, the gambang gangsa, is a similar inst... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambang%20%28instrument%29 |
"More 'N' More (I Love You)" is Haiducii's fourth single, released in Italy in December 2005. This was her second single in English. The single contains two versions of the song, four Dragostea Din Tei versions (two already released and two new remixes). The single reached the top ten in Italy, peaking at number eight.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/More%20%27N%27%20More%20%28I%20Love%20You%29 |
The black-winged lapwing or greater black-winged lapwing (Vanellus melanopterus) is an east African species that is found from the Ethiopian highlands in the north to central Kenya (race V. m. melanopterus), and again at middle to coastal elevations in eastern South Africa (race V. m. minor). It is a habitat specialis... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-winged%20lapwing |
National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights (NCDHR), founded in 1998, now comprises four operational strands, each of which is working to eradicate caste-based discrimination against Dalits in India. It is based in Delhi and has chapters elsewhere in the country. It has stated its aims to be achieving greater visibility fo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Campaign%20on%20Dalit%20Human%20Rights |
Shannon Rugby Football Club is the most successful club in the All Ireland League, having won the competition nine times. They hail from Limerick near the banks of the Shannon river. Shannon RFC is a member of the Irish Rugby Football Union Munster Branch. The club is one of the top amateur sides in Ireland has seen ma... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shannon%20RFC |
Rudens is a play by Roman author Plautus. Its name translates from Latin as "The Rope;" in English translation it has been called The Shipwreck or The Fisherman's Rope. It is a Roman comedy, which describes how a girl, Palaestra, stolen from her parents by pirates, is reunited with her father, Daemones, ironically, by... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudens |
The history of Liverpool can be traced back to 1190 when the place was known as 'Liuerpul', possibly meaning a pool or creek with muddy water, though other origins of the name have been suggested. The borough was founded by royal charter in 1207 by King John, made up of only seven streets in the shape of the letter 'H'... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Liverpool |
Stevan Dedijer (25 June 1911 – 13 June 2004) was a Yugoslav academic and a pioneer of Business Intelligence.
Life
Stevan Dedijer was born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina to Milica Dedijer and Jefto Dedijer. He attended secondary school in Rome, Italy, and graduated from the Taft School in Watertown, Connecticut, i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevan%20Dedijer |
The 2006 Pakistan landmine blast occurred on 10 March 2006, in the Pakistani city of Dera Bugti in Balochistan province. 26 people were killed and seven were injured when their car, on the way to a wedding, hit at least one anti-tank landmine. Raziq Bugti, a spokesman for the Baluchistan provincial government, said the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006%20Pakistan%20landmine%20blast |
The International Railway Bridge is a two-span swing bridge carrying the Stamford Subdivision of the Canadian National Railway across the Niagara River between Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada, and Buffalo, New York, United States. It was originally built in 1873 for the International Bridge Company by Casimir Stanislaus Gzo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Railway%20Bridge |
USU Credit Union is a division of Goldenwest Credit Union, a federally chartered credit union based in Ogden, Utah, regulated under the authority of the NCUA. As of January 1, 2014, Goldenwest and USU Credit Union serve more than 106,000 members, hold over $1 billion in assets, and operate 26 branches in Utah from Smit... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USU%20Credit%20Union |
Theodore Otte Yntema (1900 – September 18, 1985) was an American economist specializing in the field of quantitative analysis in finance.
Education
Yntema graduated summa cum laude in 1921 from Hope College as valedictorian. in 1922, he received his master's degree from the University of Illinois. Yntema received his... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore%20O.%20Yntema |
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